Kenyan Forces Foil Al-Shabaab Plot, Kill Two Militants in Pre-Dawn Raid

The multi-agency security teams, acting on credible intelligence, launched a pre-dawn operation on Al-Shabaab militants who were planning to terrorise Kenyans using the Alungu-Elwak road, Mandera County, officials said, while confirming the incident, Tuesday. According to the officers, the [militants] were also in the final stages of placing explosives on the main road targeting civilian vehicles. It is the norm of the militants to plant explosives on major link roads within the northeastern parts of the country…The incident comes a day after the Mandera County leadership held a high-level meeting with the regional administration of Jubbaland in Kismayo, with security within the region featuring predominantly during the encounter. Jubbaland’s First Vice President, Mahmoud Sayid Aden, met with the Governor of Mandera County, Adan Khalif, in Kismayo to discuss shared security concerns along the porous frontier, where the al-Shabaab militant group continues to threaten lives, trade, and regional stability. (Garowe Online)